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Short title and
commencement
(1) These Rules may be called the Gujarat
Electricity Regulatory
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette. |
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Definitions —
In these rules, unless the context requires
otherwise |
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- "Act" means the Gujarat Electricity Industry
(Reorganisation and Regulationjact, 2003J,.
- "Commission" means the Gujarat Electricity
Regulatory Commission established under section
3 of the Act
- "Compensatory Local Allowance" means an
allowance granted to a member to meet personal
expenditure necessitated by special
circumstances or the duty which he performs.
- "Government" means the Government of
Gujarat.
- "Member" means the member of the Commission
and include the Chairperson thereof.
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Pay and
allowances to the Chairperson and Members. — |
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The Chairperson
shall be paid a salary of Rs. 26,0007- (Rupees
twenty six thousand only) per month. |
| (2) |
A member shall be
paid monthly Salary in the Pay Scale of Rs.
22,400-525-24,500 : |
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Provided further that the Government may depending
upon the circumstances and solely at its discretion
allow the salary of a member to be fixed at Rs.
26,000/- per month :
Provided further that a member who holds charge of
the office of Chairperson for a minimum period of
thirty days or more, shall be paid a special pay at
the rate of 5% (five per cent) of the presumptive
pay of the post of the Chairperson in addition to
his salary as a member. |
| (3) |
When a member has
held the post in any service under the Government of
India or the Government of any State in India. The
Sum total of his pay and allowances and the amount
of pension due to him shall not exceed the amount of
last pay drawn by him while he was in such service. |
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Dearness
allowance and compensatory local allowance.— |
| (1) |
A member shall be
entitled to dearness allowance at the rate
admissible to the officers of the corresponding
grade of the Government:
Provided that a member drawing his service pension
shall not be entitled to any temporary increase in
the dearness allowance in his pension during the
period he draws dearness allowance under these
rules. |
| (2) |
A member shall be
entitled to compensatory local allowance at the rate
admissible to the officers of the corresponding
grade of the Government. |
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Leave :- |
| (1) |
The Member shall be
entitled to casual leave as permissible to the
officers of the corresponding grade of the
Government. |
| (2) |
The Member shall be
entitled to earned leave, half pay leave, commuted
leave and extra-ordinary leave as permissible to
officers of the corresponding grade of the
Government in accordance with the Revised Gujarat
Civil Service (Leave) Rules, 2002 as amended from
time to time. |
| (3) |
The Member shall
be entitled for the benefit of leave encashment as
decided by the Government from time to time. The
payment of leave salary shall be limited to the
earned leave for a maximum of 150 days. |
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Leave sanctioning
authority:- in case of |
| (a) |
The Chairperson, the
Minister-in-charge of the Energy Department of the
Government. |
| (b) |
The member, the
chairperson shall be the leave sanctioning authority
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Accommodation
:- |
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The Member shall be
entitled to a rented Government accommodation as
admissible to the officers of the corresponding
grade of the Government. |
| (2) |
The Member staying
in his own house shall have option of claiming house
rent allowance at the rate admissible to the
officers of the corresponding grade of the
Government. |
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Conveyance:- |
| (1) |
The Commission shall
bear the expenditure for providing a suitable car
and the driver to the member. |
| (2) |
The member may use
the car provided to him for his private purposes on
the same terms and conditions applicable to the
officers of the corresponding grade of the
Government. |
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Travelling
Allowance :- The member shall be entitled to
travelling allowance for journey made by him in the
performance of his duties at the rate admissible to
the officers of the corresponding grade of the
Government. |
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Allowances on
foreign tour :- The member shall not go on
foreign tour for his official purposes unless he has
obtained approval of the State Government according
to the GAD Circular No. AIS- 1099-1720-G dated
17-4-1999. |
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Leave Travel
Concession :- The member shall be entitled to
leave travel concession and the benefit of visiting
home town as decided by the State Government
considering the block admissible for the purpose
during his tenure as a member in the Commission.
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Medical treatment
:- |
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The member shall be
entitled to medical treatment and hospital
facilities permissible to the officers of the
corresponding grade of the Government and the
provisions of the Gujarat State Services (Medical
Attendance) Rules, 1988 as amended from time to
time, shall apply to him. |
| (2) |
The member who is
appointed from amongst the retired IAS officers,
shall be entitled to the medical facilities as
admissible to a retired IAS officers of the State in
accordance with the rules prescribed in that behalf. |
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Telephone
facilities:- The member shall be provided a
telephone (with STD facilities) at his residence at
the cost of the Commission as admissible to the
officers of the corresponding grade of the
Government. |
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Expenses on
meetings :- The member is authorized to incur
reasonable expenses for the meeting as provided in
Rule 26.1 of the Financial Power (Delegation) Rules.
1998. |
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Other allowances
:- The member shall be entitled to such other
allowances as admissible to the officers of the
corresponding grade of the Government. |
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Gratuity and
Pension :- |
| (1) |
The member shall
be entitle to the benefit of gratuity at the rate of
fifteen days of pay for each completed years of
service in the Commission, provided such member has
completed a minimum of two years of service with the
Commission. |
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The member shall not
be entitled for pension to the period of service
rendered by him with the Commission. |
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Miscellaneous :- In
the case of interpretation of these rales or the
matter with respect to which no express provision
has been made under these rules, it shall be
referred to the Government for its decision and the
decision of the Government thereon shall be binding
and final. |
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By order
and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat,
R. K.
SHAH,
Under
Secretary to Government |
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